Neon Knight Forever - Tomasz Zaglewski

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Résumé :
Neon Knight Forever is a detailed study of one of the most misunderstood superhero series that dares to ask the most heretical question for all Bat-fans: what if Batman & Robin is actually a valuable achievement in big-budget superhero cinema? The Batmanfranchise has remained one of the most lucrative and varied lines of superhero-based titles outside its original comic book, with adaptations from filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Tim Burton, and Zack Snyder. However, among the many facets of Batman, there is one which remains on the margins of Bat-history, being treated as the most obscure or misconceived: the Batman duology directed by Joel Schumacher between 1995 and 1997, a creation which is seen by many fans as the wrong approach to the Batman mythos. Neon Knight Forever accounts for the initial rejection of Schumacher's version and explores modern attempts to rehabilitate Schumacher's vision of the infamous Neon Knight. Through discussing the formal foundations underlying both Batman Foreverand Batman & Robinand featuring claims from the Schumacher online fandom, Zaglewski embraces the adaptation as a valuable addition to the Batman universe....

Biographie:
TomaszZaglewski is Professor at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, and author of numerous comic-related academic papers published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and International Journal of Comic Artand ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies. He is the author of Superculture: The Genesis of the Superhero Phenomenon (2021) and Superheroes' Cinematic Universe: Analyzing a Modern Comic Book Film(2019)....

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Introduction: 'Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?'
1. Neon Knight Begins: The Not-So-Dark Knight as an Element in Batman's Transmedia Multiverse
1.1. Into the Bat-verse: From the Multiverse of Stories to the Multiverse of Readings
1.2. Camp Knight, Dad Knight or Cute Knight? Exploring the Foundations of the Neon Knight
2. The Neon Knight Unchained: Questionable Choices and the Ice-Catching Spectacle in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
2.1. Who's Afraid of the Big, Black Bat? Joel Schumacher as a Cinematic Trespasser
2.2. Tim Burton's Noir-tmare before Christmas vs. Joel Schumacher's Camp Noir: Embracing a Living Comic Book as a Visual Thriller
2.3. The Lite Knight Rises: The Troubling Case of the Plastic Figures, Virtual Grappling Hooks, and Rubber Nipples
3. The Neon Knight Triumphant: Modern Perception of Joel Schumacher's Batman Duology
3.1. 'It's So Bad, It's Almost Good': Fandom's Online Discourse Following Joel Schumacher's Passing
3.2. Schumacher was right': Social Media Appreciation for the Neon Knight
Closing Remarks or 'We're going to need a bigger cave'

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